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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MummyKitty" data-source="post: 2664142" data-attributes="member: 36179">Titus's Speech"Ladies..." Titus begins, but clears his throat to start again... "Sodales... please, let us remember our oath.  We must all work together to support and protect one another.  You both bring up some excellent points, which should definitely be addressed."Gesturing to the recap, Titus says: "Lady Deitrich, as your wounds attest, the creature that attacked you was no mere deer, no, it was clearly a figure of faerie might, an enormous black stag and most unnatural.  It is a creature to fear, especially as a lone messenger.  Your bravery is to be commended."Now, looking toward Valeria: "And your caution is well founded, Lady Valeria.  A healthy dose of paranoia can be of use in situations such as this.  However, since the Lady Deitrich carried messages for us, which were evidently despatched shortly after our departure, I for one am convinced that she was merely an innocent victim who got caught by chance in the fell creature's fury."Gesturing to include the assembled magus, Titus continues. "It is absolutely essential that we recite the oath to found this convenant of Teneo, for it cannot truly be founded until then.  We were remiss in taking this long to do so, although given our circumstances last night, I believe there is no harm in the delay, and we can perform the ceremony presently, with Lady Deitrich as our witness."Titus extracts a letter from tucked within his shirt. "We were fortunate indeed that Lady Deitrich was able to deliver the two messages she has just delivered to us, as well as this one," Titus holds the letter aloft and continues, "...a personal letter to me from our master Stentorius.  By following the sage advice contained herein, and by putting our assembled minds to it, I believe we can settle on a wise course for the future of Teneo.""I shan't read the entire text to you, but merely relay the key points that may be most of interest.  In this letter, master Stentorius describes the Teneo of old, a Teneo of mighty magic.  Would you believe that these stones," he points to the small, rounded boulders thrusting from the grass, "... were once mighty pillars of power, encompassing a source of magic that served as a beacon to magus for miles around?  'Tis true, and thus the concern for this place.  Yes, the magic is fading.  Perhaps your parens have told you tales of old when vim and vis were not things to be hoarded with concern that they cannot be replenished.  The decline is happening everywhere, and we have been sent here, to Teneo to study this phenonmemon.  At worst to witness it in detail and make a record; at best, to find a way to reverse this process."Titus pauses and looks at the assembly and at the stones, hardly believing himself what he has read in Stentorius's letter.  "Now, to the two writs that Lady Deitrich brought us.  In the first, we are warned to use caution in dealing with the local mundane population and against molesting the faeries.  In the second, we are warned by our jealous neighbors not to overstep our bounds. As an independent covenant, we must we very wary of the machinations of our surroundings.  Solades," he nods and again gestures to the standing stones, "it appears we are between a rock, and a hard place."</blockquote>

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